Afraid Of "Catching The Bug?"

The flu season is here...just like it is every year.


It seems that I am taking extra measures to keep myself and my family healthy. Just upping the amount of veggies and fruit that they eat is one thing I have done.

I bought vitamins back in July for us all to start taking. My kids complain and usually don't take them. For me it has become an early morning ritual! Keith won't take vitamin's either...saying that he doesn't have time. Hmmm...O.K.

I thought I would share the vitamins I take on a daily basis.

Calcium
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Cod Liver Oil
Fish Oils
Flax seed Oil
Barrage Oils
B-12

I usually have a sinus infection by the end of September just because of allergies from ragweed that hit during that month annually. This year since I started taking these vitamins to supplement my diet, a sinus infection never took root! And there were only 4 days that I had to take an allergy pill. So, I think that it is worth it! I did not have to visit my doctor, which saved me some $$!

I accidentally forgot to take my vitamins one day about a week ago, and I could certainly tell by the middle of the day.

I really wish I could get the girls & Keith to take vitamins. They have all battled with colds, coughs, and sniffles since school started back.

Nathallie is really good about keeping her hands away from "the holes in her head". LOL! But, Keith dips snuff and is constantly putting his hands and fingers directly into his mouth.
The other three girls are also constantly rubbing their noses or eyes. Oh, well!

Am I Paranoid?

I also bought extra disinfectant wipes for around the house. I wipe down the remote, my laptop, our cell phones, things around the kitchen, door knobs, etc.
I keep a container of wipes in the truck, too. When I come out of Wal *M art I always pass the wipes around. After I wipe my hands...next comes the steering wheel, gear shifter, door handle, console,etc. The thought of how many hands have touched that store shopping cart - eeew!

I Know...Lisa you silly girl of Little faith, right? LOL!

I do believe God wants us to protect our kiddos and ourselves from an attack. He gives us a will, a way and the ability to learn.

Thank you for being with us, Lord.

What about you? What preventative measures are you taking this flu season?

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Thursday Challenge - Youth

Thursday Challenge

Youth

Above My 12 year old has a conversation with a bull in the pasture. I've always been facinated with how domesticated animals know that children are usually no threat to them and will rarely act aggressive toward them.


This is my 6 year old ready to go Trick-R-Treating this past Halloween.

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Thursday Thirteen - Herbs

Thursday Thirteen

This is a list of my favorite, top 13 herbs that I use in my kitchen.

1. Anise - An annual that grows for one year. The seeds have a wonderful licorice flavor. Is great in tea or baked goods.

2. Cinnamon - So essential in many dishes. I even add it to my soups and chili dishes.

3. Cilantro - (AKA Coriander) - An annual plant. I think I actually use this in all main dishes I cook. A dash of dried cilantro gets tossed into everything from spaghetti to taco or topping for fish or a T-bone. What would my life be without this wonderful plant!

4. Cumin - An Annual growing plant. I add this to all of my Mexican dishes. And I always add a dash or two to my salsa.

5. Dill - An annual plant. I always add this to my homemade ranch dressing.

6. Oregano - This is a perennial plant and will come back every year, withstanding the winter...very hardy. I add this to all of my Italian dishes. The plant is pretty and has fuzzy type leaves.

7. Rosemary - This is a perennial plant and survives the mild Texas winters here. I love the blue flowers on this. I use this on steaks, stir fry and all my Italian dishes.

8. Sage - This an annual plant. I love the smell of this in a garden! There is something so cleansing about this plant. I use this in soups.

9. Thyme - An perennial plant. I use this in all of my Italian dishes.

10. Ginger - I use this in tea.

11. Mint - This is good to use for a room freshener or steeped in tea. I also think this is an important plant to have in a flower garden.

12. Garlic - I use this dried or fresh in almost every main dish. My favorite way to eat garlic is fresh, crushed into my helping of mashed potatoes - mmmm, comfort food!

13. Chamomile - This is a annual that re-seeds itself. I use this in tea with a spot of honey - YUM! Very relaxing.

I hope you enjoyed my Thursday Thirteen. If you would like to participate in this meme for your blog, pop on over for a visit at: Thursday Thirteen

Thank You For Visiting!

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Wordless Wednesday - Who's Baby Am I?

Wordless Wednesday - Who's Baby Am I?

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Recipe - La Pasada

La Pasada

Mix the following well:
1 lb. Hamburger meat - browned
15 oz. can ranch style beans
10 oz. can rotel tomato
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup chopped onions
1 small bell pepper chopped
2 cup grated cheese

Small package corn tortillas

Line a greased casserole dish with tortillas.
Add Meat and cheese mixture. Top with cheese.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes

This recipe is a favorite of my Mother & Aunt Bernice.

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Donate A Coat

Did you know...... that today is the Great American Warm-Up? Since the average American family of four has ten wearable coats they are not using, clean out your closet today and take your extra warm coats to the nearest homeless shelter. In our area we have a few places called "Women In Need" shops that gladly take donations. Then there is always Good*will. Help them prepare for winter.

I looked in our coat closet and between 6 peaople in our home...it's true...each of us have 3-4 coats each. But with the girls, I like to keep their coats as "hand-me-downs". The coat Reabeccah wore last year can be used by Mattie this year. And so it goes.

Have a Blessed day!

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Magnets

This is my freezer door

I have always like magnets to hang on the refrigerator. And now that we have the big freezer in between my dining room and kitchen...it gives extra real estate to display my family photos with those cute little magnets. There are also school schedules and ball schedules that we hang there as well. I love to get the free magnets from businesses because it is a perfect little canvas for my abstract art. I use acrylic paint to cover them and then create away! Or sometimes I will take an old calendar or magazine and paste & glue pretty pictures on each magnet. I'm a magnet hoarder, I guess.

This is my refrigertor door

Why am I attracted to magnets? Is it the mysterious invisible field that attracts another object into it's grasp? There's nothing in the world that is so common, but so complex and fascinating!

I saw this list of "Why Magnets Are So Amazing" the other day.

-Magnets are used to hold pictures of friends & family to the
fridge in your house.

-They accelerate particles to the speed of light to study Einstienian
predictions.

-They make the flap on a purse or money clip stay closed, and are pivotal in great containment vessels that hold plasma that’s hotter than the sun in experimental nuclear fusion reactors.

-Magnets maintain a force you can’t see or feel, and which, in general, you cannot change. That force seems to linger forever, unwavering.

-Some are so strong you can’t even get them apart without a pair of pliers, yet they are hardly bigger than a dime.

-Magnetism appears to be a transitory and finicky characteristic.

-You can pick up a steel fishing hook, but not an aluminum can with a magnet.

-They work on some refrigerators and not others.

-They’re attracted to chrome plated steel, but not brass, aluminum, or nickel.

-Rubbing magnets on certain objects lets you transfer the magic of magnetism.

-Magnetism is all around us. Pull out your compass and watch the needle spin as you walk in a circle.

-Magnets work when they are cold, hot, wet, greasy, dirty, new and old.

Then...there's this BIG magnet that I use for my transportation. This magnet, I don't like very much. Well, let me rephrase that...I don't like the magnetism from the police officers as I travel down the road.

In all of my driving years, which have been almost 35 years, I have never been pulled over as much as I have in this big, shiny, red Ford. We bought this truck 1 year and 6 months ago. I am soooo ready to start looking for something to trade it in on....say...something brown, beige or black!

As of this past Thursday evening, I was stopped for the 10th time! Since I was not at fault for speeding or any other violation, the officer let me go with just a verbal warning to remember the curves in the road up ahead and wanted to let me know that the speed fluctuates quiet rapidly. The officer asked us where we were going? Home. Where we had been? We told him. And why were we traveling through their town? Then he stood there at my window and just chit-chatted with us. Strange, indeed! We had just left the Agri-Life-Extension Banquet for our county. We supposed that maybe the officer was just curious or bored in this small town with not much traffic at 9:30 p.m. Who knows. If we ever go back to this banquet hall, we will certainly avoid traveling through their town and go around the long way! I will always be curious as to why he stopped us? Or maybe it was one of those marvelous God things...hmmm...What were we being protected from? I don't want to know! Thank you Lord for watching over us and traveling with us at all times!

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